HomeMy WebLinkAboutLaurel Urban Renewal Agency Minutes 03.09.2026 _ MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
LAUREL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
MONDAY, MARCH 9TH,2026
11:00 AM
CITY BOARDROOM
A LAUREL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY meeting was held in City Boardroom and called to order by Cami Story
at 11:00 a.m.on March 9th, 2026
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
x Judy Goldsby x Dean Rankin Diane Lehm Gaurav Thakur
x Cami Story x Daniel Klein x Forrest Sanderson Triple Tree Brad,Doug&Bruce
x Cheryl Hill x Peggy Pollock Doug Whitney Steve Solberg
Kurt Markegard x Tom Canape
KEY CODE:x-present El-absent L-late
General Items: Roll Call
Approval of Minutes—All minutes were approved Judy 1st and 2n' by Peggy—all in favor
New Business:
Election of Officers: Judy made a motion to continue with the current officers Peggy made a 211 and all was in favor.
President—Cami Story Vice President—Judy GoldsbySecretary—Cheryl Hill
Project Updates:
Ditch Covering Task#5—Construction is almost complete and rock is going in this week.
We as a committee also decided that we want to purchase signs to put at the locations of our projects.Cheryl will bring
prices and options for signs to next months meeting.
Lighting on SE 41h St. Task Order#6—
• Letters were sent out and we are having good returns in favor of electrical poles
• March 11th 4-6pm will be an open house for landowners
• Dean has had great conversations with landowners
Project 1:We are waiting for a permit from MDECLto approve a change and it will then go back to MDT to do a final
approval. Bids should be going out now in the Month of March.We are looking at starting construction after July 41h
celebration.
Landscaping project by underpass: Tom Canape will talk with Matt Wheeler to get approval from the park board for us
to pay and landscape the park area by the garden club flowers.
Old Business:
Budget:Start preparing for upcoming fiscal year: Forrest got the budget and we went over the numbers. It was
suggested to move a few of the line items over to the project line.The committee also had concerns about the$36,000
line item for City Assistance. It was suggested we reduce that and move the remaining to the project line.
Other updates:
Big Sky EDA&Beartooth RC&D—
BSED's Board of Directors meeting is Thursday at 7:30 am at BSED's office.
• BSED is still hiring for four positions-Community Development Project Manager, Marketing and
Communications, APEX Advisor,and Credit Analyst.See website for details.
0 1 will attend the meeting on Wednesday night regarding the lighting district.
Announcements: Next meeting will be March 23rd,2026
Adjourn Meeting:Judy made a motion to adjourn the meeting Dean 2nd at 12:00pm
Respectfully submitted,
Cheryl Hill-LURA Secretary
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2,or write to City Clerk,PO Box 10,Laurel,MT 59044,or present your request at City Hall,115 West First Street,Laurel,Montana.
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